Swing Packages

The Swing API is powerful, flexible — and immense. The Swing API has 18 public packages:

javax.accessibility	javax.swing.plaf	javax.swing.text
javax.swing	javax.swing.plaf.basic	javax.swing.text.html
javax.swing.border	javax.swing.plaf.metal	javax.swing.text.html.parser
javax.swing.colorchooser	javax.swing.plaf.multi	javax.swing.text.rtf
javax.swing.event	javax.swing.plaf.synth	javax.swing.tree
javax.swing.filechooser	javax.swing.table	javax.swing.undo

Fortunately, most programs use only a small subset of the API. This trail sorts out the API for you, giving you examples of common code and pointing you to methods and classes you're likely to need. Most of the code in this trail uses only one or two Swing packages:

• javax.swing
• javax.swing.event (not always required)